Operation Northwoods involved U.S. intelligence staging False Flag incidents involving the hijacking of planes, the blowing up of ships and the shooting to death of innocent civilians on the American mainland which would be falsely attributed to Cubans operating on behalf of the Castro government.
The public outrage would then provide a justification for invading Cuba and overthrowing Fidel Castro.
Operation Northwoods was approved in 1962 by General Lyman Lemnitzer when he was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but was rejected by the Secretary of Defence, Robert McNamara under the instruction of President John F. Kennedy.
It is not known who designed
the Northwoods project, but many are almost certain that the architect was Air
Force Brigadier-General (later Major General) Edward Lansdale. Lansdale, a
specialist in unorthodox warfare, had been working at that time on Operation
Mongoose, an overarching plan to assassinate Fidel Castro, the Cuban leader.
Images.
1. Document.
Operation Northwoods was
signed off by General Lyman Lemnitzer, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
2. Top right.
Lyman Lemnitzer, the Four
Star General who approved of Operation Northwoods.
3. Bottom right.
Major General Edward Lansdale
shortly before his retirement from the United States Air Force.
(c) Adeyinka Makinde (2023).
Adeyinka Makinde is a writer based in London, England.
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